Anderson, Mannarino reach Joburg semi-finals

AP, JOHANNESBURG

Fourth-seeded Kevin Anderson and sixth-seeded Adrian Mannarino set up a semi-final showdown between the last two seeded players at the SA Open as they both cruised through to the last four in straight sets on Friday.

Home favorite Anderson dropped just four games in a one-sided 6-3, 6-1 win over Slovakia’s Karol Beck in less than an hour. Anderson mixed powerful serves with clever drop shots and led 10-3 on winners for a place in the last four and was due to play Mannarino of France, who was too strong for Canada’s Frank Dancevic, going through 6-3, 6-2 in just 54 minutes.

Dancevic beat top-seed Feliciano Lopez in the first round, but Mannarino broke three times and powered past his opponent.